Proof positive, I'm a theater geek
Those of you who are paying attention, know that I just went to the theater Tuesday night to introduce my clueless daughter to the delights of "The Musical". The evening was a huge success. Well, I topped myself on Wednesday!
I was fooling around on LJ after everyone left work and was late in getting home, made it there around 5 to 7. I just glanced at the calendar and saw to my horror, that I had forgotten I had a ticket to see Doubt: THAT NIGHT AT 7:30!!
Now everything in the Bay Area is close together, but Palo Alto is 26 miles and 45 minutes away, and it was the tale end of rush hour.
Not even a nano second of hesitation, I yelled out to my daughter, "I have to go to the theater!" and grabbed the tickets and fled off, down the hill, to the highway. Avoiding all police (I did get a speeding ticket returning from the Dee SD concert, while singing Defying Gravity and thinking I was flying on the cherry-picker) and even with the congestion caused by a brush fire on the 101, I got to the theater in record time.
I had seen Doubt when Cherry Jones toured in SF maybe 2 years ago, so I wasn't upset about missing the first 20 minutes. I did forget, however, that it is 90 minutes and has no intermission. I was mortified to come in late and stood at the back, but I am so happy I went. It was a great performance.
That night there was a Q and A with the actors and that was so interesting. These people are special to me. They work so hard. Get paid nothing, and make us see the magic.
So, I got home around 10:30. My daughter barely noticed I was gone, but I knew something for sure....
I am a full fledged theater geek and I am proud! I am happy to be able to share that with you, like in AA......
"My name is BS, and I am a Theater Geek. It's been 1 day since I last went to a show."
I was fooling around on LJ after everyone left work and was late in getting home, made it there around 5 to 7. I just glanced at the calendar and saw to my horror, that I had forgotten I had a ticket to see Doubt: THAT NIGHT AT 7:30!!
Now everything in the Bay Area is close together, but Palo Alto is 26 miles and 45 minutes away, and it was the tale end of rush hour.
Not even a nano second of hesitation, I yelled out to my daughter, "I have to go to the theater!" and grabbed the tickets and fled off, down the hill, to the highway. Avoiding all police (I did get a speeding ticket returning from the Dee SD concert, while singing Defying Gravity and thinking I was flying on the cherry-picker) and even with the congestion caused by a brush fire on the 101, I got to the theater in record time.
I had seen Doubt when Cherry Jones toured in SF maybe 2 years ago, so I wasn't upset about missing the first 20 minutes. I did forget, however, that it is 90 minutes and has no intermission. I was mortified to come in late and stood at the back, but I am so happy I went. It was a great performance.
That night there was a Q and A with the actors and that was so interesting. These people are special to me. They work so hard. Get paid nothing, and make us see the magic.
So, I got home around 10:30. My daughter barely noticed I was gone, but I knew something for sure....
I am a full fledged theater geek and I am proud! I am happy to be able to share that with you, like in AA......
"My name is BS, and I am a Theater Geek. It's been 1 day since I last went to a show."